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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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Bankrupt Cruise Ship Departs On Last ‘Cruise To Nowhere’

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) –Singapore will lose one of the two ships offering cruise-to-nowhere trips from the city, after Genting Hong Kong Ltd.’s

March 1, 2022
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
Buyer Needed ASAP For World’s Biggest Cruise Ship
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Buyer Needed ASAP For World’s Biggest Cruise Ship

By K. Oanh Ha and Arne Delfs (Bloomberg) A number of potential buyers are lining up for Genting Hong Kong Ltd.’s Global Dream — the unfinished

February 19, 2022
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022
CDC Eases COVID Warnings for Cruise Ships
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CDC Eases COVID Warnings for Cruise Ships

Feb 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday eased its warnings for cruise ships by a

February 16, 2022
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Demise of Crystal Cruises Leaves Customers Out $100 Million—or More
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Demise of Crystal Cruises Leaves Customers Out $100 Million—or More

By Fran Golden (Bloomberg) — Last week, the most-awarded luxury cruise line in the industry, Crystal Cruises, unceremoniously shuttered its

February 16, 2022
Total Views: 15950

Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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Bankrupt Cruise Line’s Unfinished Ship Attracts Investor Interest

By Arne Delfs (Bloomberg) Billionaire Lim Kok Thay is among several investors interested in purchasing the Global Dream mega luxury liner that was under

February 15, 2022
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Monday, February 7, 2022
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Bahamas Arrests Two Luxury Cruise Ships For Unpaid Fuel Bill

By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) Two Crystal Cruises ships operating under a Genting Hong Kong unit have been seized in the Bahamas after a fuel supplier sought

February 7, 2022
Total Views: 13997

Friday, February 4, 2022
Royal Caribbean Warns Omicron Will delay Return to Profitability
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Royal Caribbean Warns Omicron Will delay Return to Profitability

By Praveen Paramasivam Feb 4 (Reuters) – Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group said on Friday the lightning spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant

February 4, 2022
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Saturday, January 29, 2022
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Bankrupt Cruise Line Billionaire Blames Germany

by Rachel Butt (Bloomberg) Lim Kok Thay, the former chairman of the resort and cruise ship company Genting Hong Kong, which slid into provisional liquidation

January 29, 2022
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Friday, January 28, 2022
Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of New World’s Largest Cruise Ship: Wonder of the Seas
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Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of New World’s Largest Cruise Ship: Wonder of the Seas

Royal Caribbean has taken delivery of the Wonder of the Seas from the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France. At 236,857 gross registered tonnes (grt),

January 28, 2022
Total Views: 12317

Monday, January 24, 2022
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Billionaire Cruise CEO Resigns After Ordering Ship To Evade US Marshals

By Krystal Chia and K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) –Genting Hong Kong Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lim Kok Thay resigned, days after the company filed to

January 24, 2022
Total Views: 30235

Saturday, January 22, 2022
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How A Billionaire’s Global Cruise Empire Imploded In Hong Kong

By Yantoultra Ngui (Bloomberg) –Lim Kok Thay started a cruiseferry and gambling boat business in 1990s Hong Kong and turned it into one of Asia’s

January 22, 2022
Total Views: 20218

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U.S. Marshals Ready To Arrest Luxury Cruise Ship For Unpaid Fuel Bill

By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) The Crystal Symphony, a luxury cruise ship operated by financially-strapped Genting Hong Kong , will be seized to repay $1.2 million

January 22, 2022
Total Views: 165232

Friday, January 21, 2022
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Would You Book A Bankruptcy Cruise To Nowhere? Genting Still Selling Tickets After Appointing Liquidator

By K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) Genting Hong Kong Ltd., the biggest cruise operator worldwide to seek court assistance to safeguard its assets during the pandemic,

January 21, 2022
Total Views: 23043

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Cruise Operator Genting Hong Kong Files to Wind Up Company
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Cruise Operator Genting Hong Kong Files to Wind Up Company

By Kyunghee Park and K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) — Genting Hong Kong Ltd. has filed to wind up the company in one of the biggest stumbles by a cruise

January 19, 2022
Total Views: 2077

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
American Cruise Lines Building 12 New Coastal Cruise Ships for U.S. Market
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American Cruise Lines Building 12 New Coastal Cruise Ships for U.S. Market

Domestic small ship cruise operator American Cruise Lines on Monday announced plans to construct 12 new ships that will “more than double” the

January 18, 2022
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Genting Hong Kong Looks to Liquidation as Funding Dries Up
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Genting Hong Kong Looks to Liquidation as Funding Dries Up

By Kyunghee Park and K. Oanh Ha (Bloomberg) — Troubled cruise operator Genting Hong Kong Ltd. warned it may seek court assistance to safeguard its

January 18, 2022
Total Views: 3794

Friday, January 14, 2022
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FMC Issues Final Report on COVID-19’s Impact on Cruise Industry

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Commissioner Louis E. Sola issued his final report Friday from the FMC’s fact finding investigation into COVID-19

January 14, 2022
Total Views: 1560

Thursday, January 13, 2022
MV Werften Insolvency Administrator Seeks Back Pay for Workers, Completion of Global Dream Cruise Ship
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MV Werften Insolvency Administrator Seeks Back Pay for Workers, Completion of Global Dream Cruise Ship

A court appointed insolvency administrator for German shipbuilder MV Werften is working on getting all 2,000 employees paid their December wages asap and will

January 13, 2022
Total Views: 3992

U.S. CDC’s Conditional Sailing Order for Cruise Ships Set to Become Voluntary
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U.S. CDC’s Conditional Sailing Order for Cruise Ships Set to Become Voluntary

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevent’s conditional sailing order for cruise ships is set to switch to a voluntary program later this month,

January 13, 2022
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Cruise Stocks Remain Buoyant Despite 83 Omicron Infected Ships, Crew Quarantines, And Decreasing Customer Spending

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Stock prices of the three largest cruise ship owners – Carnival $CCL, Royal Caribbean International $RCL, and Norwegian Cruise

January 13, 2022
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